By Molly Claire Goddard
12:03pm PST, Nov 10, 2025
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In his book
Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty,
Robert Jobson claimed that Queen Camilla's expensive baubles were taken from a car as she and
King Charles III geared up for a three-day tour of Canada in 2022. "At Beaconsfield Services, located off junction two of the M40 motorway in Buckinghamshire, Camilla's jewels were stolen after three royal aides left the bag, labelled 'HRH The Duchess of Cornwall', unattended in an unlocked car," he
wrote. "A local gang struck when one aide stepped away for a cigarette while the other two were inside getting coffees."
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Authorities tracked down the thieves and recovered Queen Camilla's belongings using nearby CCTV footage. The jewelry was given back to the former Duchess of Cornwall within hours.
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Robert Jobson claimed The Firm was shocked that the news of the robbery — which they tried to keep under wraps — was never made public. "No charges were filed, no police report was ever made and the incident was buried to avoid embarrassment," the writer said.
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It wasn't the first time a member of the royal family was targeted. In 1974, a man named
Ian Ball tried to kidnap
Princess Anne. Police officers, including retired heavyweight boxer
Ronnie Russell, thwarted the situation. However, according to a
source, the Princess Royal was "furious" because the attacker, who spent 45 years in psychiatric hospitals and was released in 2019, ripped her favorite dress in a "tug of war."
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A man named Christopher John Lewis, who died in 1997 while awaiting trial for murder in an unrelated incident, reportedly tried to kill Queen Elizabeth II in 1981. "Lewis did indeed originally intend to assassinate the Queen. But [he] did not have a suitable vantage point from which to fire, nor a sufficiently high-powered rifle for the range," official documents via BBC stated.
